Jeepers! The weather must have heard me mention fall migration season yesterday and gotten all excited because it sure was cool and dark in Estabrook Park this morning, and even at lunchtime we’re still in the lower 60s.
Luckily, birds still gotta eat, so here’s a green heron who just snatched a crayfish out of the pond.
And here are a couple of young-looking mallard ducklings getting their breakfast out of the river as Mom keeps watch.
The cool air really slowed the bugs down, but this one dragonfly, a spot-winged glider, still flew its patrol over the pollinator garden, and I had to practice my patience before it let me get this shot.
I only saw one butterfly today, and it evaded me, so here’s a female monarch from yesterday and on swamp milkweed by the river.
And here she is laying an egg.
After the warm spell we’ve had, I sure don’t mind this cool air, but I do hope the sun comes back out eventually.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 